Improvement in horse-powers



UNITED `STATES PATENT OFFICE.

lD. VAN HOUTEN, OF FULLERS CORNERS, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSE-PQWERS.

Specification .forming part of Letters Patent No. 37,713, dated February17, 1863, y

To all whom it may concern.- l

Be it known that I, D. VAN HOUTEN, of

.Fu` lei's Corners, in the county of Whitley and State of Indiana, haveinvented a new andl Improved HorsePower; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full,-clear', and

lpower is taken, and within a very limited space, so that a very compactand portable machine will be obtained, at the same time a durable one.

The invention is more especially designed for drivingthreshing-maehines, but may be advantageously used for other purposes.

To enable those skilled in the -art to fully understand and construct myinvention, I will proceed to describe it.

A represents the frame of the horse-power, which may be of rectangularform, and provided, if desired, with sides to inclose the principalworking parts ofthe device.

l5 is a shaft which is placed vertically'in the frame' A, its lower endbeing stepped in a .cross-piece, a, and its upper part fitted in abearing, b, in a cross-piece', c, ofthe frame. On the upper end of thisshaft B the drivingwheel O is secured, said wheel being above the frameA. In the frame A, near one end of it, there is placed another verticalshaft, D,

4the lower end of which is stepped in a crosslatter. The lower end oftheshaft F is stepped in a cross-piece, h, of the fra-me A, and its upperpart is ttedI in a bearing, i, in a crosspiece, j. On this shaft F thereis placed a pulley, G, of small diameter, around which a belt, H,passes, said belt also passing around a pulley, I, on the shaft D, thepulley I being considerably larger in diameter thanG. O11 the, shaft Fthere is also placed a bevel-wheel, J, which gears iito a bevel-pinion,K, on a horizontal shaft, L, the latter passing through one of the sidesofthe frame A, and havingI a pulley, M, on its outer end. (See Fig. 2.)The belt E, which passes around the driving-wheel O of shaft B and thepulley g of shaft D, passes between idle-pulleys N N, which are tted onslides O, placed on crossbars P P on the frame A, the slides beingsecured at the desired point by-bolts or screws k. The idle pulleys N Ngive the belt E a good'bearing around the pulley g, and admit of saidbelt being tightened when necessary, as will be seen by referring toFig. 2. The power is taken from the shaft L, andthe horse or horses areconnected to sweeps which are attached horizontally to the wheel O.These sweeps are not represented, as they are aii old and well-knowndevice, and may be seen onJn any horse-powers in common use.

By this arrangement of the several parts,

as herein described, itwill be seen that a high speed is transmitted tothe shaft L from the wheel O by a very compact nlcehafnisni. The shaftL, from which the power is taken, is quite close to the shaft B, onwhich the power or drivingl wheel O is placed` and this is effected byavery simple arrangement ot the pulleys, shafts, and belts, as setforth.

aving thus, described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

-Thearrang'ement of the four shafts B, D, F, and L, provided,respectively, lwith the wheels O, pulleys g I, pulley G, and bevelwheelJ, andthe bevel-pinion K and pulley M, in connection with the belts E H,to form a new and improved horse-power, as herein set forth.

D. VAN HOUTEN.

Witnesses:

SAMUEL TAYLOR, JAMES A. SPEAR.

